For 1700s musicians, London was place to be.Byline: The Register-Guard Tempesta di Mare, a period instrument ensemble based in Philadelphia, will guide a musical tour of "Handel's London" in an Oregon Bach Festival The Oregon Bach Festival is an annual celebration of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, held in Eugene, Oregon in late June and early July. It was co-founded by German conductor Helmuth Rilling and the former president of the American Choral Directors Association, Royce Saltzman, performance Saturday. The ensemble consists of Gwyn Roberts on recorder and flute, Emlyn Ngai on violin, Rebecca Humphrey on cello, Richard Stone on lute and Joyce Lindorff on harpsichord harpsichord, stringed musical instrument played from a keyboard. Its strings, two or more to a note, are plucked by quills or jacks. The harpsichord originated in the 14th cent. and by the 16th cent. Venice was the center of its manufacture. . Program notes written by Roberts and Stone focus on John Walsh, an "enterprising, if somewhat unscrupulous" Lon- don music publisher. Walsh made a fortune after the cash-strapped English monarchy deregulated music publishing The contractual relationship between a songwriter or music composer and a music publisher, whereby the writer assigns part or all of his or her music copyrights to the publisher in exchange for the publisher's commercial exploitation of the music. and performance. "All this, combined with the burgeoning middle class and its mania for foreign music, made London a destination for ambitious musicians from all over Europe." Among these was German-born George Frideric Handel, who first made his presence known in 1710 with "Rinaldo," the first Italian opera written specifically for the London stage. Tempesta di Mare's program includes highlights from that opera, plus Handel's Trio Sonata in F (Op. 2, No. 4, HWV HWV Höhere Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungsschule (University of Zurich business school) HWV Verzeichnis der Werke Georg Friedrich Händel (German: Händel's music catalog) HWV Hardware Version 389) and Trio Sonata in C Minor (Op. 2, No. 1, HWV 386a). The program also includes Arcangelo Corelli's Variations on ``Follia (Obsession),'' Sonata in F by German-born lutenist lu·te·nist also lu·ta·nist n. A lute player. Also called lutist. [Medieval Latin l  t Rudolph Straube, and Sonata in G Minor by English composer William
Babell, who died of the plague when he was 33.
CONCERT PREVIEW ``Handel's London'' with period instrument group Tempesta di Mare When: 8 p.m. Saturday Where: Beall Concert Hall at the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. School of Music, 961 E. 18th Ave. Tickets: $25 to $35, through Hult Center box office, 682-5000 or www.oregonbachfestival.com |
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